http://ddubb.net so much information, so little understanding Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:20:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tim Keller is rapidly becoming my hero. In his book, The Reason for God, he writes: When my personal grasp of the gospel was very weak, my self-view swung wildly between two poles. When I was performing up to my standards---in academic work, professional achievement, or relationships---I felt confident but not ... http://ddubb.net/axiomatic/confidence-and-humility Oh the venom... here's the official MSNBC version that wouldn't embed in the right format. http://ddubb.net/political/olbermann-on-clintons-rfk-remarks An email is going around blaming illegal aliens and the Democratically controlled congress as the chief causes of our current financial woes. Yes, Democrats do like to spend money, but could they have possibly caused such economic shift in such a short amount of time? I'm no economist, but I ... http://ddubb.net/economic/all-enemies-foreign-domestic-and-elected McCain's YouTube Problem Just Became a Nightmare My previous political post illustrated the basic economic differences between Team Elephant and Team Donkey—the merits of individual compassion over artificially forced and inefficiently implemented socialism. In this video, we see Team Elephant's "most popular" contender for President caught in some major contradictions. His ... http://ddubb.net/political/is-mccain-really-the-best-team-elephant-can-do My experience thus far with the Apple 12" Powerbook G4 1.5MHz: June 2005 - May 2008 - Three years without quirks, lockups, reformats, reinstalls, defrags. My computer just works and I use it at least 5 hours a day, that's 5475 operating hours, 30 trillion clock cycles of happy computing. ... http://ddubb.net/technical/is-my-trusty-powerbook-g4-getting-long-in-the-tooth Once upon a time in the land of Grossly Simplified Political Ideologies: John McCain and Hillary Clinton were walking down the street and came to a homeless person. John McCain, gave him his business card and told him to come to his office for a job. He then took $20 ... http://ddubb.net/axiomatic/an-economics-anecdote-forwarded-by-my-brother-in-law These movies were taken on May 1, 2008 on our trip from Dragon's Tooth to McAffee's Knob to Tinker Cliffs. Jojo (Josh Johns) fearlessly captured these creatures on the way up McAffee's. For some reason I'm not getting the QT movie controls to embed properly above, it should play if ... http://ddubb.net/ecological/jojos-circus Matt Rogers on 700 Club, April 15, 2008 with live feedback from rest of staff team (in lieu of live studio audience). http://ddubb.net/spiritual/fascinating-absolutely-fascinating On Saturday, April 12, 2008, a group of thirty diverse people gave tribute to the red-headed Messianic Jew who brought us all together through prayer, friendship, and Pepsi. If you weren't able to join us, we hope the following will be meaningful to you. Memorial Bulletin (2MB pdf) Memorial Audio Recording ... http://ddubb.net/spiritual/andy-goldfinger-memorial As I sit in my 59 degree home with an empty oil furnace tank, I'm thankful that we made it through the winter with fuel. Too bad it wasn't enough for the mysterious Appalachian post-winter weather spasms. It took over $1000 to fill the tank in the fall and now ... http://ddubb.net/cultural/might-as-well-face-it-were-addicted-to-oil